Barrow's goldeneye takeoff

[D. Robert Franz]

We have quite a few Barrow's Goldeneye wintering here on the Shoshone River. We had a fog and heavy frost yesterday morning and I was out capturing images for my book. As with most divers the goldeneyes run across the water a good ways to get airborne...

Canon 1d3, EF500mmF4IS, handheld, ISO 320, 1/1250 @ F10

[john crookes]

Great moment my only nit would be that i believe this is a common goldeneye as the eye patch is not more slender near the top to form a tear drop

[D. Robert Franz]

Great moment my only nit would be that i believe this is a common goldeneye as the eye patch is not more slender near the top to form a tear drop

You are correct. We have more Barrow's than common so I didn't even look closely...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool running pose and the raised wings add to it. I might try a slightly tighter crop.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I agree with Axel!